Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-10-12
The Fair.


swept into its caPacious grounds lasl
week, the largest crowd Of people
. that has appeared on any fair ground
since the year the Court Houss re
/. movlI question assembled the large
iglthe-iu"- on tha old Fair ground,
south Of Port Royal
There Eas uopub.ic building ques
tion to rally the people bv thousands
Into the new and most commanding
fair ground in Central Pennsylvania
! They came because oftbe merit Of the
! fgir, because Of curiosity. because of
politics. because Of sociabilitv. be
| cause of gam and other causes
| Nineteen acres. are enclosed by q
fence that is pailei 50 far apart that
small boys cannot pass through, but
! through which people may look and
catch glimpses Of the scenes within,
| FROM q magnificent distance.
/ The track is on She cas-. ard or the
| enclosure. and is "A full h1limileround.
land Of easy curve. on which Ike SieJcr
coiiied LJs sElLv with that of JEFF
/ AJIdiau. who was driving Dave Ne
/ lCIIloch's stallion, aud there by threw
the Boss turfman OF the Junata Val
Hey. ont with such violence that he
appeared on the ground NJ the Thurs
day races on crutches. and on Friday
he was compelled to remain in bed
to nurse and have the bruises of limbs
and body doctored.
THE RACES.
] The county race on Wedu esiay for
one hUu dred dollars. premium. and
such uool money and bets as sports
, men under their own judgement and
caprice chose to put mp among them
selves. was competed for, by sOrrel
mare owned by William McCulloch.
and stallion. owned 10y David Nc
t Culloch, aud 10y brown mare owned
S hv Jos. Graham. The stallion yy1-.
Q the race on $40 AMI 3.15 time.
Thursdays. $50 class race for the
b two hundred dollars premium was
D competed for by B.auch, owned by
q 7. ]. AIiijaA AMI by Blue Girl oUua
q 10y Edwin James, Of Baltimore and
y was won by Blue Girl
q The free for an race for a nremi-
4, um of two hundred aud fifty dol
lars was competed for by Matilda G..
b owned by T. T. AIidJsJ. and bv T J
SIS owned rv Edwin james. and was 81
animated that "a slight collision Of the
/. eu.bies took place whereby J.. J.
c became Uumauagab'e and ran trr
g truck almostits entire length. the race
l under the rules wa accorded to Ma
tilia c. on q , 3f time. The decision
IN favor Of Matilda c. created @
5. great LuhhUb Men took sides
s and outsiders, IN large numbers toab
IS sides with tho james trutter. andaI
q that evening. the question oftha rae,
l. was discussed Tor auiagainst. The
/. James horse men wanted the race
r considered o. draw and the premium
+ equally divided between the con
test1uts The Niidah horse men. de.
cisred that the iUd-os were com
Ipcllal unIor the rules ta decided ms
10 as they dil. and IL looked as II q
Be- coGuiete halt In the races advertise
e for fiiav had been called
IS On Friday uD 20 a late hour in Tia,
u afternoon the james men contiulet
II To claim of the MANAGEMENT half o.
n Of the two hundred and ffn
{ dollars Vr, mi m on tie race. aaC
Il they refused to take hand in furtheI
q rncinE 6nless their demands wer,
.e complied with. The outside multi;
.e tude did not know what the matte,
p was and blamed the halt in the rac.
1i programeon themanagement. Mean
De- while AlIddlh. by q despatch ORDERED
B. his horses home. however DR.. Graham
'e by most persistent and energeu,
Id work succeeded IN having the matte,
o adjusted, and the 24O class race
a for premium Of one hundred ang
i nifty dollars was trotted by Matilla G
ls and Blue Girl and was won bv tn,
y former on time 2.3S = 3SI 23Ti
~ \ running race, for a purse Of iv,
.e dollars. raised on the ground-tllres
Sc dollars for the first horse. and tw,
le dollars for the second. was run bv ,
Y sorrel horse owned by John Berry
Is and rode by James Anderson ana ,
'e s-rsy horse owned by J. J. Patterson
Re and rode by Thomas Patterson
{, and was won by the sorreI, on on,